Burberry chief: I’m a mum first, the boss second

ONLY one night out a week, home by Friday night when travelling, and always
say no to Oscar invites. That is the recipe for a healthy work-life balance
from Angela Ahrendts, the Burberry chief executive who is one of Britain’s
best-known and most admired female bosses.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, Ahrendts, 53, says it is not possible
for female high-flyers to “have it all”, and that a balance between work and
home is vital. “I’m here to run Burberry and I’m here to be a really great
wife to my husband. And we have three amazing teens, so that’s three really
big jobs.

“I don’t want to be a great executive without being a great mum and a great
wife. I don’t want to look back and say I wish I had [done things
differently]. Balance is a really big word for me.”